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Software License Agreement

THIS AGREEMENT between Name of Party Granting License (Licensor) ("Licensor"), of


Address of Party Granting License (Licensor) and Name of Party Receiving License (Licensee)
("Licensee"), of Address of Party Receiving License (Licensee) ("Licensee").

WHEREAS:

(A) This Agreement is a license agreement and not an agreement for the sale of software or
services.

(B) This Agreement gives Licensee limited rights to use the Software and Related Materials
described below and imposes upon Licensee certain obligations to protect the Software
and Related Materials from unauthorized use, reproduction, distribution or publication.

NOW THEREFORE in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter


contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

1. Definitions. In this Agreement the following words and phrases shall have the following
respective meanings, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Confidential Information" means proprietary material or information belonging


to Licensor, or to any third party to which Licensor owes a duty to maintain
confidentiality, directly or indirectly placed by Licensor, or by third parties to
which Licensor is related, into the possession of Licensee which material or
information is not generally available to or used by others (except other persons
whom Licensor has granted licenses of the Software and Related Materials or part
thereof) or the utility or value of which is not generally known or recognized as
standard practice, whether or not the underlying details are in the public domain,
and includes, without limitation, all business information, computer software and
computer technology, whether patentable or not, which is acquired by or on behalf
of Licensee from time to time and which, owing to the relationship between
Licensor and Licensee, may become known to Licensee.

(b) "Copyrights" shall refer to those copyrights or copyright registrations for the
Software or the Software and Related Materials and shall include future copyrights
belonging to Licensor or any third party related to Licensor for improvements and
modifications thereof and applications by Licensor for registration of copyrights
for improvements and modifications thereof;

(c) "Enhancements" means changes and/or improvements to the Software, whether


arising out of the particular Software configuration for the specific use of Licensee
or otherwise;
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(d) "Errors" means, with regard to the Software, incorrect source code or object code
or anything not in agreement with published Specifications or requested
modifications;

(e) "Know-How" includes all technology, source code, object code, local area
network manager code, technical information, procedures, processes, trade
secrets, methods, practices, techniques, information, logic/flow charts, sketches,
drawings, Specifications, application and modification manuals and data relating to
the design, manufacture, production, inspection, and testing of the Software,
which are from time to time in Licensor's possession;

(f) "Manuals" means the programmer's manuals, the technical manuals and the user
manuals and other similar documentation;

(g) "Modifications" means Enhancements and/or correction of Errors, and


Modifications shall be deemed to have been accepted by Licensee upon the lapse
of sixty (60) days following successful installation of any Modifications unless
Licensee notifies Licensor in writing prior to the lapse of such period that the
Modifications in question do not conform to Specifications;

(h) "Related Materials" means all of the printed materials, user documentation,
training documentation and confidential activation code for the Software supplied
by Licensor to Licensee, and includes the Manuals;

(i) "Software", which includes the Know-How and, unless otherwise hereinafter set
out to the contrary, any Modifications, is described on Schedule "A" herein and
includes all actual copies of all or any portion of the computer programs delivered
by Licensor to Licensee, inclusive of backups, updates and merged copies either
permitted by this Agreement or supplied subsequently by Licensor or any party
related to Licensor; and

(j) "Specifications" means the functional performance parameters of the Software.

2. Grant of License and Reservation of Ownership. Licensor hereby grants to Licensee a


personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the Software and Related
Materials at the site referred to in Schedule AA@ hereto and otherwise pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement. Licensor retains title and exclusive ownership of any and all
copies of the Software and Related Materials licensed hereby. Licensee agrees to use its
best efforts to protect the Software and Related Materials from unauthorized use,
reproduction, distribution or publication.

3. License Fee. In consideration for the granting of the license of the Software and Related
Materials to Licensee, Licensee hereby agrees to pay to Licensor a license fee in the
amount of Amount of License Fee (ie. $3,500.00) per year. The first annual License Fee
shall be payable upon delivery of the Software to Licensee and thereafter, prior to the
anniversary date of the term of this Agreement. Licensee shall also pay to Licensor all
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sales, excise and other taxes thereon and upon any other amounts payable by Licensee to
Licensor pursuant to this Agreement.

4. Copyrights.

(a) The Software and Related Materials are owned by Licensor and are protected by
U.S. copyright laws and applicable international treaties and/or conventions.
Without limiting the prohibition on assignment contained elsewhere in this
Agreement, Licensee acknowledges that its rights to use the Software and Related
Materials are personal to Licensee. Licensee therefore covenants not to permit the
use of the Software and Related Materials by unauthorized persons and to use its
best efforts to prevent the exportation of the Software and Related Materials or
any portion thereof into any country which does not have copyright laws that will
protect Licensor's Copyrights.

(b) Licensor, at its own expense, will defend and indemnify Licensee from all claims
that the Software and Related Materials infringe a Canadian copyright, provided
that Licensee gives Licensor prompt written notice of such claims and permit
Licensor to defend or settle the claims and provides Licensor with all reasonable
co-operation and further provided that Licensor shall not be required to defend
and indemnify Licensee from infringement claims resulting from Modifications by
Licensee.

(c) As to any Software and Related Materials which are or in the opinion of Licensor
may become subject to a claim of infringement, Licensor, at its option, will obtain
the right for Licensee to continue using the Software and Related Materials or
replace or modify the Software and Related Materials so as to make it non-
infringing. If none of the aforementioned alternatives are available on commercially
reasonable terms, then Licensee agrees to return the Software and Related
Materials to Licensor upon Licensor's written request and Licensor shall, upon
return, refund to Licensee all license fees paid by Licensee to Licensor, and
Licensor shall have no other or further liability to Licensee. Licensee
acknowledges that the remedies set out in paragraph 11 hereof constitute the sole
and exclusive remedy of Licensee for copyright infringement.

5. Permitted Uses of the Software and Related Materials. As each configuration of


central processing units and/or networked systems may be unique, Licensee agrees to
conform Licensee's use of the Software to the particular Software configuration licensed
by Licensor to Licensee. Said configuration is incorporated into this license agreement by
reference, inclusive of Modifications created or approved by Licensor. Licensee may make
one (1) copy of the Software for archival purposes only, unless Licensor agrees otherwise
in writing.

6. Uses Not Permitted. Licensee covenants and agrees that it will not:

(a) whether in whole or in part, sell, rent, lease, sublease, license, sublicense, lend,
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time-share, transfer, assign or provide the use of or access to the Software and
Related Materials, or any portion thereof, to unlicensed persons;

(b) assign, mortgage, charge or otherwise encumber either the Software and Related
Materials or its rights under this Agreement.

(c) reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the Software.

(d) alter, modify or create any derivative works of the Software and Related Materials
or any portion thereof.

(e) Except as permitted elsewhere in this Agreement, make additional copies of the
Software and Related Materials or any portion thereof.

(f) obscure or remove any copyright or trademark notices.

7. Assignment. Without limiting anything contained elsewhere in this Agreement, Licensee


shall not assign this Agreement or any rights herein without the prior written consent of
Licensor, which consent may be arbitrarily withheld. Any purported assignment without
Licensor's consent shall be deemed to be null and void.

8. Term. The license granted by this Agreement shall commence on the date of this
Agreement and shall continue for a period of Period of Agreement (ie. two (2) years)
thereafter. This Agreement shall be automatically renewed for successive periods of one
(1) year each unless either party notifies the other in writing of non-renewal not less than
ninety (90) days prior to the end of the original term or any renewal term.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement will terminate automatically without notice
if Licensee fails to comply with any provision of this Agreement. Upon termination of this
Agreement, Licensee shall return the Software and Related Materials to Licensor together
with any whole or partial copies, codes, Modifications and merged portions in any form.
The parties agree that all provisions set out in this Agreement for the protection of
Licensor and its Copyrights shall remain in force notwithstanding termination of this
Agreement.

9. Updates. Provided that Licensee is in compliance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, Licensor agrees to make available to Licensee all updates, improvements and
enhancements for the Software, if any, at Licensor=s then current update fee, which fee is
currently Licensor's Current Update Fee (ie. $500.00) per update. Nothing herein shall be
construed or interpreted as requiring Licensor to develop any such updates, improvements
or enhancements.

10. Limited Warranty.

(a) Licensor warrants that the Software, without Modifications, will substantially
conform to the Related Materials for a period of one (1) year from the date of
receipt by Licensee. Licensor warrants that the media upon which the Software is
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provided and the Related Materials will be free from defects in materials and
workmanship under normal use and service for a period of ninety (90) days from
the date of receipt by Licensee.

(b) LICENSOR DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EITHER


EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH RESPECT TO THE SOFTWARE AND
RELATED MATERIALS. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE
EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR
EXCLUSION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SO
THE FOREGOING EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO COMPANY.
COMPANY MAY HAVE OTHER RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM
JURISDICTION TO JURISDICTION.

(c) During the warranty period, Licensor's entire liability and Licensee's exclusive
remedy shall, at Licensor's option, be one of the following:

(i) Licensor may attempt to correct or work around Errors;

(ii) Licensor may replace the Software and Related Materials;

(iii) Licensor may refund to Licensee the license fees paid to Licensor upon
return of the Software and Related Materials to Licensor or its authorized
distributor.

(d) Licensor shall not be liable for damages, direct or indirect, special, incidental,
consequential, punitive or exemplary, related to Licensee's use of the Software and
Related Materials, even if Licensor is advised of the possibility of such damage.

11. Confidentiality. All Confidential Information, including the Know-How, shall be treated
as confidential by Licensee and shall be used solely to enable Licensee to use the Software
in accordance with this Agreement. Nothing contained herein shall prevent Licensee from
making disclosure of any of the Confidential Information to any employee of Licensee for
the sole purpose of utilizing the Software and Related Materials in accordance with this
Agreement, provided that Licensee shall obtain from each employee to whom such
disclosure is made a covenant of non-disclosure.

12. No Implied Waiver. No failure or delay by Licensor in enforcing any right or remedy in
this Agreement shall be construed as a waiver of any future exercise of such right or
remedy by Licensor.

13. Conflict of Documents. Any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and any
purchase order or other document in relation to the license granted hereby shall be
resolved in favour of the terms of this Agreement.
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14. Equitable Relief. Licensee acknowledges that any breach by it of any of the terms of this
Agreement is likely to result in irreparable harm or damage to Licensor and that, in the
event of such breach, in addition to any and all remedies at law, Licensor shall have the
right to obtain an injunction, specific performance or other equitable relief to prevent the
continuous violation of the terms of this Agreement.

15. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of State of Licensor (ie. Washington).

16. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the sole and entire agreement between the
parties, and supersedes any previous agreements, understandings and arrangements
between the parties relating to the Software and Related Materials. Any amendments
hereto are enforceable only if in writing and signed by each of the parties.

17. SeverabilityIf any portion of this Agreement is deemed by any court of competent
jurisdiction to be illegal or unenforceable, then the remaining provisions of this Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding.

18. Execution. This Agreement has been executed by an authorized signatory duly entitled to
bind the party on behalf of which he or she has executed this Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first
above written.

NAME OF LICENSOR

Per:
Name:
Title:

NAME OF LICENSEE

Per:
Name:
Title:
Schedule "A"

Description of Software: Description of Software

Site: Site

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